I have mixed feelings regarding this sequel. The Baudelaire still noble enough as ever, but suffering internally again after being forced to use despicable tactics, such as disguising, harpooning and *accidentally* torching the place and wondering just how different they truly are to dear Countie Olaf. And let’s not forget Charles, Sir, Nero, Hugo, Colette, Kevin and several others, who were also there. And HATED Carmelita Spats, an obnoxious ballplaying cowboy superhero soldier pirate. Also HATED Esme, a backstabbing girlfriend who likes to wear ridiculous lettuce bikini and spoil bratty stepdaughters. Totally HATED Olaf, treacherous villain that likes to quarrel with loyal girlfriends and harpoon defenseless victims. LIKED Dewey some, despite his short lived role. This is so… disappointing?! LOVED seeing Justice Strauss again, and Jerome Squalor two past caretakers that have grown since their last appearance and now actively fight to help the orphans. VFD still means Volunteers Fire Department! Wow. A brief respite of stagnation takes place until Olaf arrives at the hotel and, I hate to sound repetitive but, calamity strikes again. The orphans then start working as flâneurs to secretly gather intel, and they encounter almost every single secondary character from the past. After leaving Gorgonian Grotto and Fiona the mycologist behind, the self-sustaining Baudelaire travel to Hotel Denouement the last meeting place of the secretive VFD during their travel they meet Dewey, a sub-sub-librarian and secret caretaker.
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